All kinds of shit has been written on the subject of letting go and in principle it seems like such an easy thing to do but as we all know it isn’t. One thing that I noticed this weekend is that my willingness to let go is directly proportional to honesty. And I suppose it goes without saying all of that is related to my ability to be open-minded. It is no coincidence we say at our meetings “…three of these that are indispensable are honesty, open-mindedness and willingness…”
Anyway as usual I had a lot going on this weekend. I was trying to figure out how I could schedule my weekend so that I could fulfill all of my commitments AND go to yoga at least one day. Saturday was out because I would be getting a massage so that left Sunday and it turns out there is a 8:30 class in the Back Bay. But that would run until 10am and we would probably be late for region not to mention the fact that I would have made my friend wait a bit.
It didn’t take me long to realize I was trying to force something that really didn’t need to be forced. I have been consistent with yoga. For the past eight weeks I have been going to six classes a week. It is OK to not go if I have something else going on and I honestly can’t make it. Sometimes I get so caught up and rigid and we all know what happens to rigid things: they break and crack. Better to be loose, comfortable and flexible :).
Last night I thought about how much I would look forward to Monday’s class and returning back to my practice. Things come up in life sometimes there’s a reason and sometimes there isn’t but it’s important to listen to wherever we’re at with respect to things. I suppose it is also important to say I’m doing the things I practice even when I am not in the act of practicing if that thing is actually part of my life. If I am a living expression of the things that I do I should be constantly expressing the full range of those wonderful things…